PTSD/Trauma

This is a hard choice, but necessary in some cases. JP The decision to go no-contact with a family member is a deeply personal one. For some of us, healing the mother wound is possible while staying connected to your mother. In this scenario the healing actually creates a new, deeper connection between mother and […]

JR THORPE in bustle.com I have toxic parents. I have had to sneak out of a country in the middle of the night, endure hours of screaming about my selfishness and ingratitude, take ringers off phones, and install rules stating that another person must read my emails in case they contain something awful. I know it’s […]

By Matthew Tull, PhD in About.com PTSD and emotional avoidance go hand-in-hand. Many people with PTSD try to get away from or avoid their emotions. Emotional avoidance is part of the avoidance cluster of PTSD symptoms. Avoidance symptoms make up one cluster of PTSD symptoms. Specifically, the avoidance cluster of PTSD symptoms include: Making an effort […]

This is a good overview of some of the aftereffects of trauma. JP Kathy Broady MSW and Discussing Dissociation Many people enter the therapy process with minimal awareness of their trauma history. When the trauma survivors are dissociative, they have the ability to block out an awareness of their trauma. They may know […]

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Michele Rosenthal healthyplace.com I received an email from a client last week; he was very upset. Usually, he’s the kind of guy who likes to travel on the drop of a dime but since PTSD began to control his life, he’s noticed that traveling takes an enormous toll on him. […]

Understanding what prevents healing can be the first step toward recovery. Post published by David Sack M.D. on May 12, 2015 in Where Science Meets the Steps Trauma experienced in childhood has a special ability to wound, especially when it includes emotional, physical or sexual abuse or neglect. The fallout(link is external)echoes through the years and […]

From this article: “One of my missions is helping people not be tyrannized by false guilt or ignore their own pain and needs…Sometimes the best thing to do is just close the door.” This is a nice article that addresses a problem I find all to frequently in my practice. JP By Emily Yoffe in http://www.slate.com/ […]

By Matthew Tull, PhD in http://ptsd.about.com/od/selfhelp/a/PTSDwork.htm If you have a diagnosis of PTSD (or even if you are simply experiencing just a few symptoms of PTSD), you may have found that it is incredibly difficulty to manage PTSD at work. The symptoms of PTSD can be quite debilitating, interfering greatly with many aspects of a person’s […]

by Avalancheofthesoul Do you think you can’t leave your abusive partner? Do you feel hopeless when you return to a relationship filled with pain? Or, do you dwell on your toxic ex and struggle to stay away? Then you may be caught in a carefully crafted trauma bond – but you don’t need to be […]

A basic overview of this subject. JP What is Complex Trauma & Complex PTSD? by Lily Hope Lucario in www.healingfromcomplextraumaandptsd.com Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder symptoms with added symptoms caused due to prolonged severe interpersonal trauma within a captivity or entrapped situation. As opposed to PTSD, which can be caused by […]